Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman

Risky or Not?

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Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.

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Author

Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman

Category

Science

Podcast website

riskyornot.co

Latest episode

Oct 16, 2026

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Episodes

393. Nancy's Home Delivered Food Left Out Overnight 14.12.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by Nancy's box of salted butter, eggs and bacon left out for 12 hours at 62°F Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bacon Method The fate of a toxigenic strain of Staphylococcus aureus in vacuum-packaged bacon - PMC Evaluating Microbial Safety of Slow Partial-Cooking Processes for Bacon: Use of a Predictive Tool Based on Small-...

392. Polly's Old Olives 12.12.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of some vacuum sealed olives found by Polly in a bar fridge. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Conservative prediction of time to Clostridium botulinum toxin formation for use with time-temperature indicators to ensure the safety of foods - PubMed Amazon.com : Marinated Mixed Olives With Orange and Herbs | Kalamata Greece | Terra...

391. Washing Shoes in a Commercial Dishwasher 09.12.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a commercial dishwasher to wash shoes. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Clean your footwear : KitchenConfidential 300. Washing Your Toilet Seat in Your Dishwasher — Risky or Not? Fresh Foam Arishi v4 - New Balance Tree Dasher 2 for Men | Running Shoes | Allbirds

390. Tongs Up Self Service Utensils 07.12.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing eating utensils with the business end pointing up. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Bacterial Transfer During Eating The survival and transfer of microbial contamination via cloths, hands and utensils - PubMed Bacterial Transfer During Eating: Transfer of bacteria from mouth to different utensils and from utensils to...

389. Special Italian Style Christmas Spaghetti Ornaments 05.12.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by handmade Christmas ornaments filled with spaghetti. Keywords: Pasta, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium, Christmas Dr. Don - risky ☣️  Professor Ben - risky ☣️  f*cked up looking food (@f*ckedupfoods) / Twitter sasha on Twitter: "wont the gases created by anaerobic decomposition eventually overcome the epoxy and disassemble these accursed spheres w...

388. That Hand Move in Face Off 02.12.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of doing "that hand move" in the movie Face Off. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Face Off or Every Time They Brush A Hand Down A Face Or Say Face Off In Face Off - YouTube Face/Off (1997) - IMDb Face/Off - Wikipedia

387. Licking a Sonoran Desert Toad 30.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of licking a Sonoran Desert Toad. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Please don't lick this psychedelic toad, National Park Service warns | National News | kvoa.com Bufotenin - Wikipedia All the celebrities who 'died' from smoking toad venom Spanish Porn Star Arrested For Death From Toad Venom Ritual, What Is 5-MeO-DMT Demand for This Toad's...

386. Pink Burger at 170 °F 28.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a clearly pink burger that is cooked to 170 °F. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Persistent pinkness in ground beef patties - Meat Science Fresh Ground Beef Color: A Consumer Guide Assessment of Risk Communication about Undercooked Hamburgers by Restaurant Servers - PubMed Dr. Melvin Hunt: Relationship of Meat Color to...

385. George Costanza Trash Eclair 25.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating food out of the trash, specifically the canonical example from the hit TV show Seinfeld where George eats an eclair out of the trash. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Trash Eater - Seinfeld - YouTube Chocolate Eclair (film) - Wikipedia

384. Mother In-Law's Well Rested Thanksgiving Turkey 23.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of very well rested Thanksgiving turkey from a listeners Mother In-Law. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Growth of Clostridium perfringens in cooked chili during cooling | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Survival of Clostridium perfringens During Baking and Holding of Turkey Stuffing - PMC Staphylococcal Food Poisoning from Turkey at...

383. Smoking a 27 Lb Turkey 21.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks that Ben will face this American thanksgiving when he smokes a 27 lb turkey named ham. Keywords: Turkey, Smoked meat Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Staphylococcal Food Poisoning from Turkey at a Country Club Buffet – New Mexico Growth of Clostridium perfringens in cooked chili during cooling | Applied and Environmental Microbi...

382. Don's Condolences Chili 18.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by a pot full of warm chili delivered by well-meaning family friends when no one was home. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Obituary for Willliam Robert Schaffner | Ness-Sibley Funeral Home Growth of Clostridium perfringens in cooked chili during cooling | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Thermal Inactivation of Clos...

381. Eating Random Mushrooms From the Forest 16.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating "random" mushrooms from the forest. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Ohio foragers are accidentally poisoning themselves with lethal mushrooms | Ars Technica Cincinnati Childrens on Twitter: "Multiple patients have reported eating mushrooms foraged from a public area in SW Ohio that appear to be highly toxic. You should never eat...

380. Ninety Minute Room Temperature Delivery Sushi 14.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of home delivery sushi that arrived after ninety minute and at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 ComBase sushi - Risky or Not? Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Fish | CDC

379. Jeff's 12 Hour Delayed Start Short Ribs 11.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking short ribs after a 12 hour delay at room temperature. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Instant Pot Short Ribs (Pressure Cooker) | Tested by Amy + Jacky ComBase Evaluating Microbial Safety of Slow Partial-Cooking Processes for Bacon: Use of a Predictive Tool Based on Small-Scale Isothermal Meat Inoculation Studies | Journal of Foo...

378. Toast 09.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of acrylamide in toast. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 From poisoned party to toxic toast: How to get nerve poison out of your food | Food Safety News Review of epidemiologic studies of dietary acrylamide intake and the risk of cancer on JSTOR EFSA Scientific Opinion on acrylamide in food Acrylamide | Food Standards Agency Che...

377. Election Night Pizza 07.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pizza left out for six hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 All the Risky or Not? Pizza Episodes ComBase Perfringens Predictor

376. Ben's Bagel Shop Knife Cleaning 04.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of bagel's from Ben's (not Chapman) bagel shop, given their knife cleaning procedures. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ The Differences Between Gravlax, Lox, and Smoked Salmon Allergen Removal and Transfer with Wiping and Cleaning Methods Used in Retail and Food Service Establishments | Journal of Food Protection Lauren S. Jackson | LinkedI...

375. Eating a Medium Rare Blade Tenderized Steak 02.11.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a medium rare blade tenderized steak. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Fate of Shiga Toxin–Producing O157:H7 and Non-O157:H7 Escherichia coli Cells within Blade-Tenderized Beef Steaks after Cooking on a Commercial Open-Flame Gas Grill† | Journal of Food Protection Thermal Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Bla...

374. Eating Meat of a Properly Cooked (160 °F) Rabid Animal 31.10.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating meat of a properly cooked (160 °F) rabid animal. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Furious Rabies after an Atypical Exposure | PLOS Medicine What if? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Rabies virus in slaughtered dogs for meat consumption in Ghana: A potential risk for rabies trans...

373. Sharing Popcorn With a Fox 28.10.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sharing popcorn with a fox. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ The Text of Green Eggs and Ham Isolation and identification of Salmonella spp. from red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and badgers (Meles meles) in northern Italy - PMC Gastrointestinal Diseases - PMC what would the fox say lyrics - Google Search

372. Siracusa's Gull Bite Sandwich 26.10.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a sandwich that a seagull has taken a bite from. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ PS thanks to Christopher Robin (surely not their real name) for the Overcast Link. Seagulls (Larus spp.) as vectors of salmonellae: an investigation into the range of serotypes and numbers of salmonellae in gull faeces - PubMed Isolation and characte...

371. Ben and Jerry's Pet Ice Cream for Humans 24.10.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating Ben and Jerry's Doggie Desserts if you are a human. This episode does contain a brief digression of a different podcast and titled "suppress your bell", but what's in the show is in the show (c) RotL. Keywords: Pet food, Ice cream Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Jason Folster☣️ on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapma...

370. Chuck's Cold Brew 21.10.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making cold brew in the style of Dr. Chuck Haas. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Charles Haas | Drexel Engineering 38: Black Coffee at Room Temperature — Risky or Not? Factors That Impact Survival of Salmonella during Storage of Beans and Batch Production of Cold Brew Coffee

369. Thermos Cooking 19.10.2022

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a Thermos to "cook" food. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Thermos Cooking - The Boat Galley

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